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Show #1008 Pests or Pesticides: Jan 17, 2016

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Topics include the evolution of modern pesticides; the extent to which agriculture has come to rely on these pesticides; and how pests have reacted to the pesticides designed to kill them. Guest Andy Dyer, author of Chasing the Red Queen:

Show #638: CHEAP FOOD FROM CHINA Jan 17, 2016

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There are three frightening ironies within the three simple sentences of this Chico Enterprise-Record letter to the editor:

Show #740: REAL LIFE SUPERFOOD Jan 17, 2016

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Sprouted seeds, or “sprouts” as they are commonly called, are truly the freshest of foods because they are, well, still living. Sprouts are also the frequent subjects of food contaminations, and thus lead us to ask…

Show #1036: The GMO Deniers Jan 17, 2016

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Some scientists say foods that have been modified to contain genes from other species are safe to eat. Other scientists say GMO foods are not safe to eat. These competing contentions lead us to ask: Are foods that contain genetically modified organisms

Show #633: DO IT YOURSELF LIFE Jan 17, 2016

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Scientists in laboratories can take apart two living things and recombine them into a new living thing. Individuals in basements and garages now say, “Me too!” This leads us to ask…

Show #762: BIG OR SMALL? Jan 17, 2016

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For decades economists told farmers to “Get big or get out!” Others– the heretics of agriculture– told farmers to “Grow small and stand tall!” This divergence of opinion leads us to ask…

Show #1038: Mangoes! From Haiti? Jan 17, 2016

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Though hundreds of millions of dollars have been sent to help Haiti, the money did not seem to help. Then someone planted mangoes. And so we ask: Have you tasted a Francique mango from Haiti? Guests: Matt Rogers of Whole Foods, John Musser of Tropi

Show #672: FOLLOW THE MONEY Jan 17, 2016

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To be a successful banker, one must learn how to see into the future. And so we ask one of the world’s largest lenders to agriculture …

Show #601: BLUEFIN: COCAINE OF THE SEAS Jan 17, 2016

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Recently, a Hong Kong restaurateur purchased one fish for $55,700 at a Tokyo fish market. This kind of feeding frenzy led Marine Biologist Barbara Tuck to call bluefin tuna the “cocaine of the seas,” and leads us to ask…

Show #947: SLAYING NATURAL FOODS Jan 17, 2016

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It is a food selling for $40 billion a year, but there is really nothing to it but a suggestion that really doesn’t mean anything. And so we ask…

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